Wednesday, November 28, 2012

EXPEDITIONS

AMS provides and amazing opportunity for students of mountaineering to travel with and learn from engaging, personable professionals with world-class climbing experience. It truly is a banquet of information and experience for those interested in learning. S. Kennedy, Denali 2012

MOUNTAINEERING COURSES

Fifteen Day Mountaineering~A new course that combines flying into and hiking out of the Alaska Range!
9 students, 2-3 instructors, $3300
July 9 - 23, 8 spaces left

Six Day
9 students, 2-3 instructors, $2150
April 28 - May 3
May 14 - 19
June 18 -23
July 21 -26
August 18 -23
September 2 -7Advanced Mountaineering~We only take six students on this course and it does fill up!
6 students, 2 instructors, $3500
May 1 - 12Mountain Guides Course~ A great step to help launch your guiding career.

We offer this course every few years and would like to offer it again. Please contact the office if you are interested in this excellent instructional course.

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This
12-day course provides an excellent opportunity to learn how to guide clients
on Alaskan expeditions and how to teach a mountaineering progression to
students.The course accomplishes
this goal in a challenging and remote glaciated environment.Alaska’s mountains are uncompromising
and they present unique demands to the mountaineer. This course provides a
platform to launch a career in big mountain guiding.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The AMS staff wishes you and yours a happy and healthy Thanksgiving. We are very thankful for the friends and neighbors that helped with our recent flooding and even more thankful that the flood alert of last week subsided.

Here's a picture I took at 4:45 PM this evening at the end of Main Street. Due to a down-river ice jam, the moving water backed up toward town. It came within inches of Main Street but luckily receded. The water left behind re-froze...it is almost impossible to walk at the river front now due to these large blocks of ice and the thin shelf ice.

We'll be closed tomorrow and open again on Friday afternoon then again on Monday morning at 9:00 AM.

~blogger laura

The Alaska Range with an ice jam in the foreground. I'm standing near where most people walk from the end of Main Street to take pictures.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

We received some more snow yesterday and now there enough to ski! We've also been busy with film support work for a BBC production being shot in Noorvik, Wiseman and Eagle Alaska. These are all remote locations across Alaska. Guides, Josh Hoeschen, Joey McBrayer, Melis Coady and Jeremiah Phelps have been working as camp support, logistics and safety officers.

Former AMS intern, Jeremiah Phelps, cleans up the garage after unpacking from the Noorvik project

Fresh snow and high bush cranberries at AMS HQ

The yurt looks very cozy in the woods. Jeremiah has been staying here the past couple of days.

Friday, November 9, 2012

We can now say that ice skating season is officially over and it is time to get out the skis! It has been snowing on and off today as we in the office, process enrollments, answer the phone and emails. I got a little help today from dogs and small children; thanks Trixie and Judy!
~Blogger Laura

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

If you have the fitness, skills and motivation join us for the climb of a lifetime.
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“AMS is the best. Their
guides are extremely knowledgeable and safety is their highest concern. They
made the right decisions and our entire team summited. Being a vegetarian, they
made sure that I was fed well, which was amazing considering the limitations
and options. Thanks, AMS, for everything.” - Mayur R. Denali 2011

Denali, West Buttress

May 10 - May 30 2 spaces available, Guided by Larry Holmgren
May 13 - June 2 5 spaces available
May 20 - June 9 5 spaces available
May 25 - June 14 6 spaces available

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Thought we'd give you a head's up that we already have two folks signed up for our Denali Photography Workshop in August and we only take eight students. This is an amazing course with just the right balance of stunning scenery along with top notch photography instruction. The course runs August 18-24, 7 days, $2400.00.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE BLOG

We update the AMS blog whenever we hear from guides and instructors reporting from the field. Some staff call in more frequently than others. No news is good news and indicates all is going according to plan. We will do our best to keep those who want to be up to date, up to date.

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Alaska Mountaineering School (AMS) promotes excellence in responsible mountaineering and wilderness travel through education and guiding. Our core principles are safety, Leave No Trace, leadership, teamwork, skills, and enjoyment. AMS' course progression and hands-on approach teaches confidence based on knowledge. We support a strong foundation that results in a lifetime of enjoyment of the outdoors. Please contact us for more information at info@climbalaska.org